Cooking adventures in a small, closet sized, kitchen. - I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.

Steak Diane

Valentines Day is less than a week away and it was about time that I got to trying some recipes out to make sure that it is perfect. On a special day like Valentines day it is nice to splurge and to be a bit decadent and I had had the idea of doing a steak with a nice cut of beef for a while. In addition to getting some nice ingredients for your special meal you can be adventurous with the cooking techniques like in this recipe for steak diane where the brandy in the pan sauce is ignited! I decided to go with filet mignon for the cut of beef for this special occasion but you can easily go with your favourite cut for steaks. The trick to cooking a perfectly medium-rare steak in a pan of to cook it at a higher temperature and only give it one to two minutes per side. The beef is going to stick to the pan when you add it but it will release once it has gotten that nice crispy seared bottom and that is when you know that it is ready to flip. Once you have removed the steaks form the pan you start making the tasty pan sauce with shallots, garlic, thyme and mushrooms which are quickly cooked before adding a healthy dose of brandy. The brandy is then ignited and when the flames die out you build up the sauce with stock and cream, all the while making sure to deglaze the pan, scraping up all of those flavour packed brown bits that have collected on the bottom of the pan. The steak and mushroom combo is one of my favourites and with this super tasty creamy mustard and brandy sauce this dish is definitely a winner that can confidently be served for any special occasion! I served the steak diane simply on a bed of peas that soaked up any of the sauce that spilled over, along with a side of fennel gratin.

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.Read More